Rear Motors, Removing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• :VAS 6131/10-10 
• :VAS 6131/10-13 
• :VAS 6131/11-3 
• Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set - Adapter:VAS 6131/11-2 
• Shop Crane - Drip Tray:VAS 6208 
• Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set - Mounting:VAS 6131/11-4 
• Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set - Mounting Pin:VAS 6131/10-2 
• Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set - Support Tapers:VAS 6131/10-3 
• Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set:VAS 6131/10 
• Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set:VAS 6131/11 
• Scissor Lift Table:VAS 6131B 
• Hose Clamps - Up To 25mm:3094 

Removing

-- Refer to High-Voltage System, De-Energizing .

-- Remove the rear underbody trim panels. Refer to OVERVIEW - UNDERBODY TRIM PANELS .

-- Remove the left and right wind deflector. Refer to OVERVIEW - TRANSVERSE LINK .

-- Remove the left and right drive axles. Refer to DRIVE AXLE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the stabilizer bar. Refer to STABILIZER BAR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Disconnect the connector -3-.

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-- Remove the nut -2-.

-- Free up the wiring harness to the subframe.

-- Remove the bolts -1- and -3-.

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-- Disconnect the connector -2- on the left side to the Rear Axle Electric Drive Motor 2 -V648-.

-- Remove the bolts -2- and -3-.

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-- Disconnect the connector -4- on the right side for the Rear Axle Electric Drive Motor -V663-.

-- Place the Shop Crane - Drip Tray:VAS 6208  underneath.

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-- Clamp off the coolant hoses using the Hose Clamps - Up To 25mm:3094  .

-- Loosen the hose clamps -arrows- and remove the coolant hoses.

-- Position the Scissor Lift Table:VAS 6131B  at a right angle to the direction of travel and align as follows:

Table Coordinates	Components from the Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set:VAS 6131/10  and Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set:VAS 6131/11
E5	/10-1	/10-2	/10-5	/11-4
C7	/10-1	/10-3	/10-5	/10-10
F7	/10-1	/10-2	/10-5	/11-2
C10	/10-1	/10-3	/10-5	/10-13
E11	/10-1	/10-2	/10-5	/11-3

-- On the left and right, place the following mounting elements from the support set on the motor.

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1. :VAS 6131/10-10 
2. Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set - Support Tapers:VAS 6131/10-3 
3. :VAS 6131/10-13 

Condition

• Threaded spindles fully inserted.

-- On the left and right, place the following mounting elements from the support set and the complementary set on the motor.

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1. :VAS 6131/11-3 
2. Scissor Lift Table - Audi Set - Mounting Pin:VAS 6131/10-2 
3. Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set - Adapter:VAS 6131/11-2 
4. Scissor Lift Table - A8 Set - Mounting:VAS 6131/11-4 

-- Turn the remaining spindles from the mounting elements upward until all mounting pins are all the way on the mounting points.

-- Attach the mounting element base plates to scissor lift table and tighten to 20 Nm.

-- Remove the left and right bolts -arrows- (example photo).

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-- Carefully lower the rear motors using the scissor lift table.

-- If the rear motors are additionally disassembled and at the same time the contact protection on the high-voltage components is removed, an additional de-energizing must be performed.